New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Monday
refused to give any relief to Lt Gen P K Rath who had
challenged the initiation of court of inquiry against him in
the Sukna land scam.
A division bench headed by Justice Geeta Mittal asked
the Army officer to approach the Armed Forces Tribunal to
challenge the proceedings against him.
"Jurisdiction of this court is barred by Armed Forces
Tribunal Act. In view of this, the petition is dismissed with
liberty to petitioner to approach the tribunal," Justice
Mittal said.
Rath had approached the court after he was indicted
along with former Military Secretary Lt Gen Avadesh
Prakash in the over Rs 300-crore land scam case in Darjeeling.
The Sukna scam involves the sale of 71-acres of land
adjacent to Sukna military station in West Bengal for which
the Army had issued a no objection certificate to a private
realtor.
Besides Prakash and Rath, the Army probe had indicted
Lt Gen Ramesh Halgali and Maj Gen P C Sen in the scam.
PTI
